Thank you!!!!!!

To whomever upgraded my account to paid for two months: THANK YOU!

::massive hugs::

You are very sweet, and have given me a wonderful surprise birthday present.

You can't see it but I am totally doing my happy dance right now. :D

Road trips, birthdays and other news

So I've been trying to stay on top of my massive studying, and still have a bit of fun, which means I haven't had much time to update my journal.

So we've passed the midterm mark of this semester and I'm on the downhill slide towards finals. Many of my fellow 1st year students are in prime panic mode and I've been endeavoring to stay out of that mode, and yet not fall prey to complete apathy either. There is a delicate balance point somewhere, and I will find it. :)

One of the fun things I've managed to work into my schedule recently was a trip to Montreal. It was even school related as it involved a small conference on international comparative law as it relates to LGBT issues. A group of us drove up Friday (we're not that far from Montreal) for the conference, and then stayed with some of the McGill law students who were kind enough to host us. We enjoyed yummy Korean food after the conference. I love being a country girl, and specifically chose a school more rurally situated. However it is great to visit a city every now and then. After dinner (and an interesting metro ride) we spent time hanging out with our hosts and just enjoying their company. Around midnight a group went out dancing, but I decided it was past my bedtime and stayed in. I'm not much for large crowds in tight spaces and generally avoid dance clubs for that reason. So I read for a bit and went to bed. We enjoyed brunch with our hosts at a local diner the next morning, and then we headed back home that afternoon. The next day it was back to studying, but the trip made for a nice break.

So far this week has been pretty good. I got one of the geeky t-shirts I ordered in time to wear it on my birthday. My present to myself this year was three new t-shirts (I own maybe one t-shirt and have decided I should own more). This is the shirt I got in the mail today. I'm super excited because it is the perfect shirt for me to wear tomorrow. It goes wonderfully with another gift--tickets to see the midnight showing of Harry Potter. Truthfully I can't believe I'm going to see a midnight showing, as I have an 8:30 class the next day. But life should be enjoyed right?

So the other shirts I got are: LLAP (or live long and prosper in short hand), and these cute robots. Sizes and colors are not the same as those linked. I got the sci-fi collision shirt in red, and the other two in black.